you seem to think that you can take some action against this private landowner.....I don't think you will be successful since there doesn't seem to be anything actionnable and even if you find a covenant that may make you believe you can take action, costs would probably be so high as to make legal action pointless and high risk of losing.

The landowner is not causing a legal nuisance but merely accessing land they own and leaving a vehicle on it that does not obstruct or interfere with anyone else.

If you erect a fence that blocks in/out a landowner they can just remove it....especially if they pay the 'management company' because they will have payed towards it.Some of this stuff is starting to smack of victimisation and abuse of position....care is needed about taking this forward without legal advice.

Hold on mrsheen, The fence idea as described previously was the "nuclear" option. We don't want that at all.Our gripe is that this lady has taken down the existing fence that was the management's responsibility and something we paid for. And has replaced that with a big 5 bar gate that essential takes out 1 parking spot.There is also the fear that she lays down a track and then sticks a bunch of caravans on the site too.This is our concern and thus why I'm reaching out to the forum. We are not interested in starting a war or to victimise this lady (which is a stretch of the imagination anyways)She is just acting without communicating to any of us and we just want to understand where and how we can respond.I'm sure we could all vote to dig a big pond in the carpark right in front of the gate but that would be equally as ridiculous as fencing it off.We have a car park area specifically for people to park their cars. And we are against the idea of cars being parked within the gardens of each others properties. Hope that clears things up.Anyways it feels from the responses so far that nothing can be done. Not a huge deal but worth asking the question.

If you don't like what other people do with the land they own, then you could try to buy it so that you have control over it.Once one purchases land one can use that land as one likes within the law and any restrictive covenants to which one is contracted. You are against people parking their cars on their own land....what sort of dictatorship is this?The parameters of a management company will be defined in the contracts you have. For flats a management company can have some control over the building and the land. however, the situation here appears to be a management company looking after communal areas of the development for the benefit of all and it is unlikely that you have much, if any, control over the land owned by others.

It is unlikely that she is going to open up a caravan site on that postage stamp bit of land and this really is drifting into the realms of fantasy.She has the right (unless contract states differently) to grass, gravel, AstroTurf or any other base material she likes on her land so you aren't going to be able to stop this. She also has the right to full enjoyment of the land she owns. Whilst other land owners don't want her to do things, the size of the development means that no one would be adversely affected and the pursuit of control over her property seems as though there is a bigger picture here....

mr sheen wrote:You are against people parking their cars on their own land....what sort of dictatorship is this?

Ha, you do make me larf!

We are against her taking down a fence that we as a company put in. And then replacing that a gate without communication to anyone.From our side we feel affronted that she is acting and changing the layout of our communal spaces which although minor will have an impact on all the other owners.To me it seems unreasonable that's all. And to claim dictatorship on our side is a bit much.

That said thanks for your responses and will check out the management stuff to see if there is anything there. Will update if we find anything.

hi richmr sheen was quite lenient on you, in response to my post asking for advice and help, I got;

"whereas you are sofa-surfing and watching the pennies. Ever heard of...don't take on a battle you can't win?They are not going to move the fence back and you will find it difficult to enforce...even if you did have the cash to pursue it"

I think its more the delivery than the content.

I can fully understand why you wouldn't want cars parked in the gardens of what are probably quite picturesque holiday cottages,good luck.

mr sheen wrote:Once one purchases land one can use that land as one likes within the law and any restrictive covenants to which one is contracted. You are against people parking their cars on their own land....

The 'developer' does not own all the land, that is the issue. A company owns the car park and drive land and if the 'developer' wants to create a driveway on her land she will need access from land that is not hers and remove a someone elses fence in order to use that it. Which part of that do you not understand? We can draw you a comic if that helps with your understanding.

SwitchRich wrote:We are against her taking down a fence that we as a company put in. And then replacing that a gate without communication to anyone

Look, if you're not going to post the actual wording of the rights that she enjoys over the parking area no one can say whether or not she has the right to pass over that land by car in order to reach her property. So you might as well end this thread now. Or post the wording.

I don't have the wording. Never even seen it so will have to investigate that.We have an elected chairman and treasurer who run our little group of owners. I'll email to see if he has something of the sort.I'll also try and figure out who owns the car park as it was all one plot originally. The person who bought the whole site got gas and water feeds put in and then separated the cottages into individual holiday cottage dwellings to be sold separately.Don't know if it makes a difference here but you can't live in these full time. The are designated for use as holiday cottages and not for a permanent address.

Hi all,Sending updates as I get them from the owners. It appears the Limited Company of which the owners are equal shareholders owns all the communal areas. (car park, pond and field etc)I've asked if anyone has a copy of the original documents and will forward to all here once I eventually get them.

Thinking logically, it cannot be right that a right to park (if that indeed is what you all have) means you all have a right to exit the parking area on to your land if that thereby means that no one can park so as to block the exit point. That would mean that potentially all of the car park bordering someone's land could be rendered unavailable for parking. So whatever she might be allowed to do vis a vis the boundary of the parking area (and I happen to think that she has no right to remove the boundary fence, as it doesn't belong to her) she cannot interfere with the rights of others to park anywhere they want to on the communal area.